Queen Elizabeth praised for banning real fur in her outfits

Queen Elizabeth has taken a stand against fur and will no longer wear the animal product in any of her new outfits.

Her Majesty's senior dresser and personal advisor Angela Kelly confirmed the change in her new book, The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe.

"If Her Majesty is due to attend an engagement in particularly cold weather, from 2019 onwards fake fur will be used to make sure she stays warm," Kelly wrote in the book, which was released in October.

She wrote that a mink trim on a coat worn by Queen Elizabeth in Slovakia in 2008 has since been altered and replaced with fake fur.

Kelly made the revelation while writing about the types of fabrics she orders when custom-making outfits for the monarch.

Queen Elizabeth, 93, is likely to still wear furs that are already part of her public and private wardrobe.

Queen Elizabeth leaves church in January, 2019, at Sandringham. (AAP)

She owns many items containing fur, including the ceremonial State Robe worn during the annual State Opening of Parliament, the collar and cape of which are made from ermine fur. The Queen also owns a separate fur cape, which Kelly describes as "elegant", and is sometimes worn over Her Majesty's gown before the State Robe is put on.

Her Majesty has many other clothing items containing fur, including a camel-coloured coat with fur cuffs that she wore to Sunday mass in January while staying at Sandringham.

In December 2015, Queen Elizabeth wore a red coat with black and white fur trimmings, and a matching hat, to attend Christmas mass.

Queen Elizabeth in her vintage fur coat, during a visit to Canada in 2002. (AAP)

One of her most extravagant pieces made from the animal product is a brown fur coat worn on multiple occasions, including a visit to Canada in 2002 to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. It was first seen in the 1960s.

Queen Elizabeth is the first member of the royal family to publicly take a stand against wearing real fur. Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, was slammed for wearing a rabbit fur stole during a tour of Canada in 2009. Days after that incident, Camilla wore a fawn-coloured cape which was lined with grey fur. Clarence House was forced to defend the piece and said in a statement: ''It is vintage fur that was her grandmother's and has been re-used and re-fashioned for this tour".

The Duchess of Cambridge in an alpaca fur hat during her tour of Norway in 2018. (AAP)

Even the Duchess of Cambridge has come under fire for wearing fur until the palace confirmed the products, which Kate owns in several colours, were from the pelts of alpacas which died of natural causes and made by Fairtrade brand Peruvian Connection.

Claire Bass, Humane Society International, said her organisation is "thrilled" by the Queen's stance, reports the UK's PA news agency.

"We are thrilled that Her Majesty has officially gone fur-free," Bass said in a statement.

"Queen Elizabeth's decision to 'go faux' is the perfect reflection of the mood of the British public, the vast majority of whom detest cruel fur, and want nothing to do with it.

"Our Head of State going fur-free sends a powerful message that fur is firmly out of fashion and does not belong with Brand Britain."